Monday, August 11, 2008

Nanchang Building 'Nuo' Mask Park

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A labourer works on a 'Nuo' mask sculpture at a park in Nanchang, eastern China's Jiangxi province December 29, 2006.
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December 29, chinanews – A Nuo themepark, spanning 79,200 square meters and injected with 45 million yuan, is built in Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi Province.

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A labourer works on a 'Nuo' mask sculpture at a park in Nanchang, eastern China's Jiangxi province December 29, 2006.

Twenty Nuo masks, 6 meters high, with Chinese and all over the world characteristics, stand at the both sides of the park. The maijor sculpture, called Nuo Soul, is more than 30 meters high, boasts the highest Nuo mask sculpture in the world.

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A labourer works on a 'Nuo' mask sculpture at a park in Nanchang, eastern China's Jiangxi province December 29, 2006.

'Nuo' is an ancient Chinese festival held to exorcise the evil spirits causing any plague, especially popular in Jiangxi Province.



A labourer works on a 'Nuo' mask sculpture at a park in Nanchang, eastern China's Jiangxi province December 29, 2006.

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